UK / West End Theatre Newsroom

The Almeida Theatre has announced casting for Eline Arbo’s The Years and the Angry and Young season. 

As rehearsals begin,  the full creative team and understudies have been revealed for the UK premiere of Slave Play by Jeremy O. Harris. Learn more about the new members of the team here!

Three new titles are coming soon to stream on National Theatre at Home, beginning with Till The Stars Come Down next month. Dear Octopus and Underdog will soon follow, with streaming dates to be announced in the future. Learn more about the upcoming productions here!

Tickets are on sale now for Death of England: The Plays at @sohoplace! Performances run 15 July 2024 - 28 September 2024.

The West End production  of TINA – THE TINA TURNER MUSICAL has announced the full cast joining the previously announced Karis Anderson and Zoe Birkett who share the role of Tina Turner and Rolan Bell as Ike Turner. Learn more about the cast here!

The Colour of Dinosaurs, devised and performed by Dom Coyote, Lloyd Coleman, Jakob Vinther, Victoria Oruwari, Harry Miller and Roxana Vilk, has arrived at the Polka Theatre. The show explores how a palaeontologist, Dr. Jakob Vinther, used melanin to discover what the colours of dinosaurs actually were.

Dave Hill: Caveman in a Spaceship begins with Hill bursting through the door of Soho Theatre Upstairs on a bicycle, circling around the stage as music blasts and the audience cheers. A smoke machine goes off, covering the stage in fog, as another machine blows out snow-like confetti, with Hill going straight into its line of fire.

Penned by Jordan Luke Gage, harmonized by Ben Tomalin, and directed by Bronagh Lagan, Redcliffe has unveiled its powerhouse cast for the upcoming public workshop performances on 29 - 31 May at The Other Palace Studio.

Notable cultural leaders relaunch ARTCRY, a political art fund supporting fast response artworks in public spaces. The fund reopens in May, offering grants to artists and seeking organizational collaborations.

Watch a Trailer for London Tide, playing at the Lyttelton Theatre until 22 June, in the video here!

In this second installment of Lanre Malaolu’s trilogy (following SAMSKARA, The Yard Theatre), Now, I  See shines a light on how the physical body holds grief and the ways in which this manifests in the lives of black British men. As two brothers reunite at their late sibling’s celebration of remembrance, they are forced to rebuild connection after their long-standing estrangement and own up to the redemption they seek.

The story of Avital Ash: Workshops Her Suicide Note begins with some context for the audience. Ash’s mother committed suicide when Ash was only an infant and her father remarried, never telling his daughter that her mother was not actually her birth mother.

The wonderful story of Princess Smartypants was written by Babette Cole in 1986. Judith Dimant at Wayward Productions gifted it to us to create in 2020, and after the delays of the pandemic, we have had the absolute joy of finally bringing it to life this year!

The Curious Rat tells the story of Lucien, a lonely city rat who watches the pigeons from his home under Waterloo Bridge and wishes he could join them in the sky. One day he spots the most amazing pigeon and takes his first brave steps to follow her into the lights of the big city… 

Ugly Duck presents @Disturbance, a performance festival at Bermondsey's leading live art queer venue, showcasing innovative and diverse artistic expressions.

Newbury’s The Watermill Theatre welcomed Dame Judi Dench on Friday 10 May for exclusive, one-off fundraising event - Shakespeare: Judi Dench in conversation with Brendan O’Hea​​​​​​​. Check out photos here!

Fool’s Moon is “an anarchic, genre-bending cabaret night where the mischievous come out and play. Expect extravagant costumes, elaborate props and multiple left feet that may alleviate, if only momentarily, your existential crisis.” The cabaret, hosted by Paulina Lenoir as Puella Eterna, has a different theme each night, making for a unique show.

From Tuesday 25 June 2024 Karis Anderson, who is currently starring as Tina Turner, will share the title role with new cast member Zoe Birkett. Joining them is Rolan Bell as Ike Turner! Meet the cast in an all new video here!

WICKED ACTIVE LEARNING, the acclaimed cultural and social education programme for the London stage production of Wicked, will launch a new, free, on-demand Anti-Bullying Workshop.

From a Tony Award® and GRAMMY Award winning producing team, Ashley Jana and Will Nunziata’s Figaro: An Original Musical will receive its world premiere at the London Palladium with two fully staged concert performances on Monday 3 February & Tuesday 4 February 2025.

For a sitcom that only lasted for 12 episodes, Fawlty Towers left an indelible mark on British comedy. Discourteous hotel owner Basil Fawlty and his shrewish wife Sybil became legends, along with long-suffering chambermaid Polly and hapless waiter Manuel. Previously staged in Australia, this nostalgic and tightly choreographed play is adapted by the series’ original co-writer John Cleese.

Love Letter to the Big Yin from the People of Scotland among shows in line for prestigious awards.

Welsh ragga metal legends Skindred have announced a UK headline tour for autumn 2024. Tickets are on sale now (May 15th), apart from shows in Leicester and Oxford which will be available from 5pm on Friday 17th May. Skindred played their largest headline show to date at Wembley Arena in 2024, while they have also continued to prove the hunger for the band internationally.

All new photos have been released from the opening night of People, Places & Things at the Trafalgar Theatre and post-show party at Sophie's Soho. Check out the photos here!

A Song of Songs has been placed within a traditional Middle Eastern beat by Ofra Daniel, writer, composer, director, and lead actor as Tirzah, unfulfilled wife. Whether through the stamps and flowing skirts of flamenco or thumping percussive beats, the physicality of the piece takes centre stage. What may be missing is an emotional connection.